Across
- 5. The ability to do work or cause change
- 7. Movement of a substance from one place to another (wind)
- 8. The law that states that energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be changed from one form to another
- 9. The energy stored in the bonds of atoms and molecules (for example, in biomass, petroleum, natural gas, propane, coal, and food)
- 11. A source of energy that can be replenished in a short period of time
- 13. How much useful energy you can get out of a system (the percent of input you get as output.)
- 15. Converting from one form of energy to another always involves a _______ of usable energy
- 17. Cannot be replenished over a short period of time
Down
- 1. Another energy source must be used to make it (electricity)
- 2. The movement of energy through substances in longitudinal waves
- 3. Energy of place or position. (Water behind the dam at a hydropower plant)
- 4. Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom (that holds the nucleus together)
- 6. Energy can change form, but the total_____ of energy in the universe remains constant
- 10. Energy caused by the movement of electrons. (Lightening and electricity)
- 11. Energy carried by electromagnetic waves (solar energy)
- 12. (heat!) the internal energy of substances caused by the vibration or motion of their atoms and molecules. (Geothermal)
- 14. A substance that provides energy as the result of a chemical change (contains stored energy)
- 16. Mechanical Energy Energy stored in objects by the application of force (compressed springs, stretched rubber bands, etc.)